Diario del proyecto City Nature Challenge 2019 Staten Island

07 de mayo de 2019

Results

Congratulations Staten Island! Despite having only 35 observers (less than half as many as Queens, the next most active borough, and 1/6 the number of folks observing in Manhattan), we went from dead last last year to third in both categories this year!

With 4,666 observations we beat both Brooklyn and Queens. We also increased the total number of observations ever made in Staten Island by a whopping 35%!

We also saw 126 species that had never been recorded from the borough before. We had a total of 626 species, beating both Brooklyn and the Bronx.

We attracted 62 people who had never identified anything in Staten Island before, and 12 of our 35 observers (1/3) had never observed in the borough before, either.

New York itself came in 12th out of 159 cities in the challenge, with four observers (three who observed in Staten Island) in the top 15 worldwide.

Congratulations to our top ten observers:

  1. @srall
  2. @dorigerber
  3. @nycnatureobserver
  4. @javiehweg
  5. @irag
  6. @tonycullen
  7. @dendroica
  8. @margela
  9. @sadawolk
  10. @schoenitz

Thanks everyone for a terrific challenge!

Publicado el mayo 7, 2019 09:55 MAÑANA por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

29 de abril de 2019

Sunday

Over 2000 observations and counting! Despite having only 26 observers we are beating Brooklyn (who had over 100) in both number of observations and number of species. And I know there are a good number of observations from the day that are not yet uploaded.

Newly uploaded from previous days, thanks to @crickernature who did Clay Pit Pond on Friday; @donrecklies who did Seidenburg on Friday and Willowbrook Saturday; and @pawelp who was up in High Rock on Saturday.

Thank you to @carolinaperez1 who observed up by the ferry terminal; @cbarron who did the tidal marshes over by Bridge, Old Place, and Sawmill Creeks; @pawelp who did Reeds Basket Willow Park; @klodonnell who did Mt. Loretto and joined @tonycullen, @dendroica, @schoenitz and me at Conference House Park. We also did High Rocks, though without Kelly.

One more day to go! I'll be at Ocean Breeze (corner of Mason and Benton Aves) today at 10. Come join me, or set out on your own, but get out and observe and help Staten Island (and NYC) win this City Nature Challenge!

Sara

Publicado el abril 29, 2019 10:06 MAÑANA por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

28 de abril de 2019

Saturday

Congrats, Staten Island! With only 17 observers we are third overall in number of observations, beating out both Brooklyn and Queens! Way to go!

A big thank you to @lynalew who made 22 observations Friday over at the Greenbelt Nature Center, along with one from @Jessica216.

Also thanks to @cbarron, @nicole48 and @ehrlacker for covering Clove Hill Park with another 27 observations today.

@marchij and @tccaviness were over in Fresh Kills, and @jessica216, @sunshinebabe , @anastasiazhe , and @cassandracolosi all made observations in various locations today.

Last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to @dorigerber, @sadawolk ,@margela , and @cbarron who all joined me in Great Kills and most later Blue Heron Parks and together we made 1,116 observations. Wow!

Tomorrow we will be meeting up at Conference House Park at 10, please feel free to join us. Or check out one of the dozens of other excellent parks on the island. Don't let the possible rain keep you away, get out there and observe!

-Sara

Publicado el abril 28, 2019 03:41 MAÑANA por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

27 de abril de 2019

Friday evening

A big thank you to @cbarron who made 27 of Staten Island's 29 observations today, and also to @jfreedman81 and @jessica216 for coming out and observing as well.

We are currently beating Brooklyn in average number of observations per observer, and we are far and away the top borough in percentage of observations at research grade (83%).

@cbarron found our most interesting observation of the day: the only sessile bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia) found so far this year in NYC.

I'm looking forward to joining you all for a fantastic day of observing tomorrow. Come down to Great Kills and join me at 10, try out one of the 4 other iNaturalist gatherings in the borough tomorrow, or just get out their on your own and observe.

We have more biodiversity than any other borough, come on out Staten Island and observe it!

Publicado el abril 27, 2019 12:32 MAÑANA por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

26 de abril de 2019

First Observation

And we have our first observation! Congratulations to @cbarron for the first Staten Island observation of the year at 9:16, an orange jewelweed in Clove Lakes Park!

Publicado el abril 26, 2019 01:19 TARDE por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

25 de abril de 2019

One More Day

The City Nature Challenge starts tonight at midnight! Who will be the first to post an observation and what will it be? I can't wait to find out!

Sara

Publicado el abril 25, 2019 06:09 TARDE por srall srall | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

22 de abril de 2019

Saturday at Clay Pit Pond State Park

Explore Clay Pit Pond State Park with the state park rangers and record what you find for iNaturalist. Runs from 10-1 on Saturday, April 27 at Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center, 83 Nielsen Ave., Staten Island. Clay Pit Ponds is the only New York State Park on Staten Island.

Publicado el abril 22, 2019 06:05 TARDE por srall srall | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

17 de abril de 2019

Saturday at Clove Lakes Park

Explore Clove Lakes Park with the Urban Park Rangers for a moderate intensity nature hike. Meet at Park Drive and Clove Rd. at 11 am and hike until 12:30.

For more info: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/04/27/city-nature-challenge-exploration-hike

Publicado el abril 17, 2019 06:23 TARDE por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

29 de marzo de 2019

Monday Meet Up: Ocean Breeze

I will host an iNat meet-up on Monday, April 29 at 10 am at Ocean Breeze Park. Meet at the corner of Benton and Mason Aves. (Staten Island), where there are three parking spot and nearby on street parking.
I have a red minivan from NJ and will be wearing an orange hat. To be sure to meet up with us, comment here, message me, or email at sararall@verizon.net. -Sara

Publicado el marzo 29, 2019 02:39 TARDE por srall srall | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

Sunday at Conference House Park

On Sunday, April 28 at 10 am I will host an iNat meet up in Conference House Park, Hylan Ave. and Satterlee St., Staten Island. Experienced iNat-ers and newcomers welcome. I will help set up the iNaturalist ap if needed. We will meet then explore separately or together (as you wish) for an hour or so, then meet back up to share what we've found. I will be coming in from NJ, so if you'd like to carpool please comment or message me. -Sara

Publicado el marzo 29, 2019 02:36 TARDE por srall srall | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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